Some Kind of Liberating Effect

Abstract

In The Buzz, our editorial team discusses hot topics in the academic study of religion. The Bulletin for the Study of Religion is pleased to have screened scholar and director Valerio Severino’s Some Kind of Liberating Effect, a 2023 documentary on the academic study of religion as it has developed in Central Europe. Bulletin Editor Richard Newton had the privilege of speaking with Severino about the film as well as the craft and historiography behind it. You can see the film at https://youtu.be/A6IRpf_pBaY?si=0Wl4q6pxg4iB5VDe.